msnmsgr.exe - PGP

This is a discussion on msnmsgr.exe - PGP ; running Win 2000 and there is an application in the background using
up all the CPU resources. I have narrowed it down to msnmsgr.exe. It
is hidden in the System32 file. They do not run MSN Messagnger at
all. I ...

msnmsgr.exe

running Win 2000 and there is an application in the background using
up all the CPU resources. I have narrowed it down to msnmsgr.exe. It
is hidden in the System32 file. They do not run MSN Messagnger at
all. I have read on various forums that viruses or spyware will often
hijack this file and use it to send info out from the computer. This
way many virus protection and spyware programs miss it. I have run
Adaware and Norton and nothing has helped. I have tried to delte the
file as well but it will not allow me. Do you guys have any
suggestions? I have tried to access the Symmantec site for
suggestions but for some reason this computer will not allow me to
access thier site. How can I disable or remove this program?

Re: msnmsgr.exe

jimmmybuffett wrote:
> running Win 2000 and there is an application in the background using
> up all the CPU resources. I have narrowed it down to msnmsgr.exe. It
> is hidden in the System32 file. They do not run MSN Messagnger at
> all. I have read on various forums that viruses or spyware will often
> hijack this file and use it to send info out from the computer. This
> way many virus protection and spyware programs miss it. I have run
> Adaware and Norton and nothing has helped. I have tried to delte the
> file as well but it will not allow me. Do you guys have any
> suggestions? I have tried to access the Symmantec site for
> suggestions but for some reason this computer will not allow me to
> access thier site. How can I disable or remove this program?
Try stopping it from starting, check you services, startup-program
group, win.ini, system.ini, registry startup-records. If it gets
automatically started it must be somewhere in there.

Re: msnmsgr.exe

jimmmybuffett@yahoo.com (jimmmybuffett) wrote in
news:f36436da.0407251827.76807586@posting.google.c om:
> running Win 2000 and there is an application in the
> background using up all the CPU resources. I have narrowed
> it down to msnmsgr.exe. It is hidden in the System32 file.
> They do not run MSN Messagnger at all. I have read on
> various forums that viruses or spyware will often hijack
> this file and use it to send info out from the computer.
> This way many virus protection and spyware programs miss
> it. I have run Adaware and Norton and nothing has helped.
> I have tried to delte the file as well but it will not
> allow me. Do you guys have any suggestions? I have tried
> to access the Symmantec site for suggestions but for some
> reason this computer will not allow me to access thier
> site. How can I disable or remove this program?
>

Re: msnmsgr.exe

jimmmybuffett wrote:
> running Win 2000 and there is an application in the background using
> up all the CPU resources. I have narrowed it down to msnmsgr.exe. It
> is hidden in the System32 file. They do not run MSN Messagnger at
> all. I have read on various forums that viruses or spyware will often
> hijack this file and use it to send info out from the computer. This
> way many virus protection and spyware programs miss it. I have run
> Adaware and Norton and nothing has helped.

You might also try Spybot Search-n-Destroy. Sometimes this will pick up
on things AdAware misses, and vice versa. If possible, burn known-good
copies of your AV and spyware hunting programs onto a CD from a clean
computer and run them from the CD; that way, you know the malware isn't
altering them.